Conveyer.



G. W. Wmvm'r.

GONVEYER.

.PPLIGATIQH FILED BEPT.27,1912.

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Application filed September 27, 1912. Serial No; 722,661.

To all cohom it may concern Be 1t known that I, GEORGE W. l/VILMOT,

a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Hazleton and county of Luzerne, State ot Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Conveyor, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists ot an improved de tachable connection for elevator buckets and 10 chains having pivotal connections between their links, .such as disclosed in U. S. Lettor bucket,showing my improved connecrepresents an-'end view of such pin.

'40v meral 2 the bottom of an elevator bucket or tion and the chain in elevation. Fig. 2 repn resents a face view of a portion of the chain. Fig. 3 represents a View or' one of the straps which are secured to the bracket. Fig. fi represents a view of a portion of the lower strap. Fig. 5. represents a view of one of the pivot-pins embodying my invention. Fig. 6 represents a view of such pin, taken at right angles to the former view. Fig. 7

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the' figures.

Referring to the drawings, the reference numeral l indicates the side and the nusimilar carrier of any preferred or required Jform.

A strap, 3, is secured by bolts, 4, and nuts, 5, to the side of the bucket, and said strap is bent outward from the bucket at its middle, 6, and has a slot, 7 having a round, outer end. Another strap, 8, has its upper end secured upon the bolt securing the lower end'of the upper strap, and outside of the same, and is bent to be secured to the bottom of the bucket by a bolt, 9, and nut, 10. This strap has a longitudinal slot, 11, tl1e outer or lower end of which is round.

The chain consists of slotted center-links,

1.2, having enlarged heads, and slotted sidelmks, 13, having bulges, 14, upon the outer faces of their ends, tormedwith transverse locking grooves, 15, like the links in the above-recited Weston patent. p

Pins 3,16, have oblong heads, 17 and 18, substa tially like the heads of the pins in said patent, and said pins have extensions, 19, 'formed with oblong extension-heads, 20. The chain is assembled by inserting the heads lengthwise of the Slo-ts in the links,-' the head of the center-link being` at 'about the middles of the side-links. By giving the pin a quarter turn its heads will be transverse to the slots and register with the Patented July saisis.

looking-grooves, so that by extending the links, the latter will be locked together by the pins. llVhen a `bucket is to be attached yto the chain, the slots in the straps are slipped over the extension-heads of the pins and given each a quarter turn to bring such heads transverse to the slots, whereupon the straps are secured to the bucket. It follows that the chain is slack when assembled or taken apart, and that the chain is taken apart by reversing the assembling process.

An easy attachable and detachable fastening is thus obtained for attaching buckets or similar carriers to chains of conveyors. it follows that the slotted straps and the extension-heads may be employed in connection with any link chain having connecting pins.

Other modes of applying the principle of I my invention may be employed for the mode herein explained. Change may therefore be made as regards the mechanism thus disclosed, provided the principles of construction set fort-h. in. the following claim are employed.

Vin a device of the character stated, a car' GEORGE W. WILMOT.

Witnesses:

Jon-n J'. KELLEY, DAISY TEMPLE. 

